Primary Care - Gender, Family & Culture Flashcards
Main areas of abuse in NAI
Physical, sexual, emotional and neglect
Causes of bruising that are not NAI
Trauma
Coagulopathies
Pathology of Parkinson’s
Reduced dopamine receptors
Factors affecting absorption of a drug from the gut
Gastric acid secretion Bile salt formation Gastric emptying time Intestinal mobility Bowel length & effective absorptive surface Microbial flora
Thompson tets
Squeeze Achilles tendon when pt is lying prone
Romberg’s tyts
Test for proprioception
Tinel’s test
Tests for carpal tunnel
McMurray’s test
Tests strength of menisci in knee
Babinski’s tets
Tests for UMN
Glabellar tap test
Tap on forehead between eyes, causes blink in Parkinsons
Thearpeutics for 40 yo man with chest infection
Amoxicillin, 500mg, TDS for a week
Therapeutics for Child (7) with tonsillitis
Penicillin
Therapeutics for Woman (30) with UTI
Trimethoprim 200mg BDS for 3 days/ Nitrofurantoin 50 mg QDS 7 days (immediate release)
Therapeutics for Woman (20) with shingles
Aciclovir 800mg PDS for 7 days if before 2 days (self limiting)
Therapeutics for Man (50) with cellulitis
Penicillin